Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Last night, my paternal human was purring really loud. My maternal human went and slept on the
little bed in the other room. It is
small, but there is just enough room for me to snuggle in. But I have to do double duty snuggling with
both humans in different spots.
This morning's walk took me into the town of Victor. Little stores, a bank, some fishing
shops. It is not yet 8am, and lots of
traffic. Many fire service trucks pass
me by. Well, we are not going in that direction
today, so hopefully, we won't have any issues.
We both get back to Hannah, shower, and get her ready to
go. We will eat later, but let's get on
the road. The pass over to Jackson,
Wyoming goes over a mountain pass through the Targhee National Forest. It is quite gentle going up, but a 10% grade
going down for several miles. Our truck
(I have decided to name our truck 'Jack' after Jack Lemmon. We got it on the lemon law, so it seemed
appropriate). Anyway, Jack has some
great breaking abilities so we could handle the grade with no problem. But about 3 miles down, there is a truck
braking ramp. Now, let's think about
that... You are going down a killer grade with no brakes, and you have to make
it 3 miles around sharp curves, then you have to cross the road - hoping there
is no traffic coming the other way - to get to the brake ramp. Really?
Sounds like a horror flick to me!
We have to head through the heart of Jackson to get on the
road to the Tetons. It isn't even 10 am
and it is crowded with cars! Is
something going on?
Once on 191, we pass the elk refuge and miles of
beauty. The Grand Tetons are rugged
mountains carved by glaciers. They tower
over rivers and meadows. There is a hint
of smoke in the air from a fire in Yellowstone.
Supposedly, they just opened the southern road into Yellowstone
today. We check out a couple of the
campgrounds, but find the one we stayed in 3 years ago. It is the Coulter Bay Campground. There is a full service RV park, but we don't
even try to get into that. Last time we
checked, it was booked a year in advance.
The sites are nice there, woodsy, and you have a little room. But there are lots of rigs.
We prefer the campground over the RV park because they have
a loop of sites that are huge, and they have electricity. We had to fenagle a site in the J loop
because there are fire evacuees there.
They also save a couple of sites in case a disabled person shows up. But, there were some people scheduled for
late checkouts, so they gave us one of the sites scheduled for the disabled,
knowing that others would be available later today. I doubt the ones they save for the disabled
are used too frequently, so I am sure they know what they are doing.
For us, we can deal without water and sewer. We filled Hannah to the brim with water which
should last a while. We are right next
to a bathroom, so we can use that to some extent. When we were in North Fork, we used water and
the toilet frivolously for 5 days and didn't have to drain the tanks, so we
ought to be ok being a little conservative.
We disconnected Hannah, and went back down to Jackson to
walk around. We pass a heard of
buffalo. Looking behind, we see the
smoke from the fire at Yellowstone. It
doesn't look good.
Jackson is a western
town run amok. It has fine art
galleries, exclusive furniture and, of course, souvenirs. If something is worth $25, it will certainly
cost $40 or more in Jackson. It is a
cute town, with nice restaurants and taverns.
They have a real grocery store with great selections of foods. It is a fun place to walk around, but not a
place to actually buy something.
After we left Jackson
and headed towards Hannah, we noticed the smoke from Yellowstone was even
worse. We are planning to be here for 6
days... I wonder if that will really happen???
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